A song about a man's regrets of how he was not able to see his little girl become a woman...if interested contact me at littleikepublishing@hotmail.com and publishing rights are available to other publishers.
indie
rock
songwriter
country
bluegrass
Lyrics
The Girl
Verse 1
Hunched over his shot of gin
His back is turned to the world
the regret sets in again
when he remembers a baby girl
Verse 2
He married at seventeen
his back was against the wall
They tried to make it work
But they split before she could crawl
Chorus
Her picture was in the paper today
Another man gave her away
Lord knows he wishes
That He would have stayed
Would have stayed for the girl
would have stayed for the girl
Verse 3
He thought about calling her
But fear took his words away
He turned to the bottle to cope
In every girl he saw her face
Verse 4
Her mom made it very clear
He would never be enough
and when the whiskey lies crept in
they stole his little girl’s love
Chorus
Her picture was in the paper today
Another man gave her away
Lord knows he wishes
that he would have stayed
Would have stayed for the girl
refrain
with her daddy's eyes
and a strangers face
he would have known her
if he would have stayed for the girl
Bridge
He thinks about the birthday cards
the snow globe he sent from Nigeria Falls
Was she told his name?
Did she ever miss him at all?
Repeat Chorus
Her picture was in the paper today
Another man gave her away
Lord knows he wishes
that he would have stayed
Would have stayed for the girl....
© Kimberly Hales Kime/James Staubes